Hawai'i Bowl, Mountain West Reach Agreement To Send Team For 2012, 2013 Seasons

by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 21, 2011 1:44 PM PST in Mountain West Football

The Mountain West has picked up another bowl bowl game as the league has partnered with Shearton Hawai'i Bowl for the 2012 and 2013 bowl seasons. The Mountain West takes over the WAC tie-in due to the Hawai'i Warriors joining the Mountain West beginning in the 2012 season. The opponent will still be a Conference USA team and Hawai'i goes to this game if they are bowl eligible.

Here is a portion of the release from the Mountain West:

"We are very pleased to announce this agreement to participate in the Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl,which brings us back to five bowls slots and matches our number of bowl-eligible teams from the most recent five consecutive seasons" said Commissioner Craig Thompson. "This progressive step is also part of our institutions' blueprint for the future. It is a natural extension of the University of Hawai'i's membership,which begins next season,and our long, productive relationship with ESPN Regional Television."

There is no word on what team will take Hawai'i's spot if they are not eligible, but it probably will rank as the third or fourth bowl within the pecking order of the Mountain West's lineup.

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"We are who we are. People say what they say. The outcome is the outcome. We are proud of ourselves." -DeLoss Dodds 9/21/2011

by TowerPower on Dec 21, 2011 3:56 PM PST via mobile reply actions

More to come

If the MWC/CUSA merger ocours…

Libery Bowl – CUSA tiein – $1.7mil – Memphis
Ticketcity Bowl – CUSA tiein – $1.2mil – Dallas
Armed Forces Bowl – CUSA tiein – $1.2mil – Dallas
Independance Bowl – MWC tiein – $1.1mil – Shreveport
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl – CSUA tiein – $1.0mil – St. Petersburg
Military Bowl – CUSA tiein – $1.0mil – Washington DC
Las Vegas Bowl – CUSA tiein – $1.0mil – Las Vegas
New Mexico Bowl – MWC tiein – $750k – Alburquerque
Go Daddy Bowl – CUSA tiein – $750k – Mobile
Hawai’i Bowl – MWC tiein – $750k – Honolulu
Poinsettia Bowl – MWC tiein – $750k – San Diego
New Orleans Bowl – CUSA tiein – $500k – New Orleans

by cokolman on Dec 21, 2011 7:22 PM PST reply actions